[Shane D]

Yes, those old plasma 720p 42” still look good! They quit making them due to cost, not enough profit for manufacturers. I also have a 42” 1080p plasma that I will keep forever!

I read an article that said that they couldn't, for some reason, make 1080p work with the plasma screens. And that was the end of plasma. Maybe it just wasn't cost effective.

 

[Redcarmoose]

I read an article that said that they couldn't, for some reason, make 1080p work with the plasma screens. And that was the end of plasma. Maybe it just wasn't cost effective.

No they work? I have had both 1080i and 1080p. But plasma TVs are big and heavy in comparison to newer technologies. My TV salesman also thinks that it cost too much to make plasma TVs. I love TVs........it’s horrible but I have 5 of them.

 

[Shane D]

No they work? I have had both 1080i and 1080p.

Weird as I was sure I read that. By the time I got to shopping for 1080p TV's plasma's were finished.
I still have a 60" plasma in the bedroom (720p), but I never watch TV in bed anymore.

 

[Redcarmoose]

Weird as I was sure I read that. By the time I got to shopping for 1080p TV's plasma's were finished.
I still have a 60" plasma in the bedroom (720p), but I never watch TV in bed anymore.

They made a bunch of 1080p plasmas in 2010, 2011. I’m not totally sure when 1080p came out, maybe around 2008-2009. But you are right it was only a small window of time, about three years that they were popular. They did seem to start getting rare......maybe? I’m not sure when they were rare as my very last TV was in 2018....and there was no plasmas to be found then!

 

[newworld666]

No they work? I have had both 1080i and 1080p. But plasma TVs are big and heavy in comparison to newer technologies. My TV salesman also thinks that it cost too much to make plasma TVs.

I used to have at home a Sony 1024*1024 Pfm42b1e for a few years when it became available in France, then a Hitachi 720p plasma TV and even 62 or 63" Samsung full HD Plasma.. Though, view angle and black were far better than LCD tech, I would say plasma was, after all, a rather quite weak tech, becoming very hot and almost difficult to keep alive for years if they were used many hours a day.

 

[Shane D]

No they work? I have had both 1080i and 1080p. But plasma TVs are big and heavy in comparison to newer technologies. My TV salesman also thinks that it cost too much to make plasma TVs. I love TVs........it’s horrible but I have 5 of them.

I just looked it up and you are, of course, very correct. They were doing 1080p, but LCD and OLED took all the market share and by 2013 (when I was looking for 1080p), they were done.

It wouldn't be a day on Head-Fi if I didn't learn or re-learn something.

 

[Redcarmoose]

https://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-50PN5300-plasma-tv

This 50 inch was almost 53 pounds......haha!

I just looked it up and you are, of course, very correct. They were doing 1080p, but LCD and OLED took all the market share and by 2013 (when I was looking for 1080p), they were done.

It wouldn't be a day on Head-Fi if I didn't learn or re-learn something.

 

[Shane D]

They made a bunch of 1080p plasmas in 2010, 2011. I’m not totally sure when 1080p came out, maybe around 2008-2009. But you are right it was only a small window of time, about three years that they were popular. They did seem to start getting rare......maybe? I’m not sure when they were rare as my very last TV was in 2018....and there was no plasmas to be found then!

I got my Samsung plasma around Christmas 2014 for $799.00 in Canuck bucks. It is not even a smart TV. They were clearing them out and said they were done with plasma. I got pretty much the last one. I never saw a 1080p plasma, but I bet it was awesome.

 

[Redcarmoose]

I used to have at home a Sony 1024*1024 Pfm42b1e for a few years when it became available in France, then a Hitachi 720p plasma TV and even 62 or 63" Samsung full HD Plasma.. Though, view angle and black were far better than LCD tech, I would say plasma was, after all, a rather quite weak tech, becoming very hot and almost difficult to keep alive for years if they were used many hours a day.

I still have a 42” Plasma and love it, it works still and is from 2010. Who knows how long it will work though?

 

[Redcarmoose]

I wonder if a mod will delete all these posts? I still love my TV. I think plasma looks cool. It’s grainy and bright compared to other technologies.

I got my Samsung plasma around Christmas 2014 for $799.00 in Canuck bucks. It is not even a smart TV. They were clearing them out and said they were done with plasma. I got pretty much the last one. I never saw a 1080p plasma, but I bet it was awesome.

 

[Shane D]

I wonder if a mod will delete all these posts?

Probably by afternoon. Just realized I haven't even turned on my plasma this year

 

[Redcarmoose]

60” that must weight-in close to 100lbs? Lol

Probably by afternoon. Just realized I haven't even turned on my plasma this year

 

[Shane D]

60” that must weight-in close to 100lbs? Lol

Not even close. It feels very close to my 55" LCD, weight wise.
I just did a quick search and found a few articles from CNET and others that 4K was too hard/expensive to implement in plasma.

All of a sudden I am thinking that I should watch the ball game in the bedroom this afternoon on my plasma.

 

[Lord Rexter]

 

[ColSaulTigh]

Just curious - what's customized on your Denafrips Terminator?